General Services

Practice Nurse

Our Practice Nurses hold surgeries Monday to Friday and can help with the following:

Travel Health and Vaccinations

Asthma, Diabetes, Heart Disease prevention

HRT and continuing contraception (pill checks)

Antenatal and Postnatal

Child Health Surveillance

Patients on regular prescriptions for high blood pressure, contraception, HRT should consult the practice nurse for a blood pressure check every 3 - 6 months.

District Nurses

Are available to offer advice and skilled nursing care within the community on referral by a GP. The hospital will normally arrange for a district nurse to call after discharge from hospital if nursing care is required.

Other Facilities

Our Midwife looks after the care of expectant mothers and the Mill Road and Cherry Hinton Surgeries are part of the Sky Team Midwives. If you have a confirmed pregnancy from taking a test please contact the surgery to make your booking appointment at around 8-10 weeks. Midwives are the main providers of care to women throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. They take the lead in care in low risk pregnancy and childbirth, which is their area of expertise, making referrals to the appropriate medical professionals if required.

From Sky Team

Congratulations on your pregnancy and welcome to the Sky Team Midwives.

Where possible please can you make your booking appointment, 16 week and 28 week appointment with the midwife at the Doctors surgery. For your first (booking) appointment please ask for a one hour appointment.

We look forward to seeing you.

Test Results

Please help us by ensuring any specimens you are requested to provide are given to us in the correct container, are labelled and accompanied by a request form. Failure to do so will mean the laboratory cannot process your specimen.

We will contact you with the result if there is a need for further treatment or management. Alternatively you may contact us for the result but the practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person whom they relate to unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results. To help us if telephoning for results please avoid our busy times early morning and early afternoon.

Please allow a minimum of:

Blood tests - 2 days

Urine/stool samples - 3 days

X-rays - 14 days from the date taken

Other tests will vary but the minimum wait is 1 week

If you have been attending the hospital as an out-patient and your consultant has taken tests please be aware that these results will not automaticaly be sent to your GP. As you are under the care of a hospital consultant they will go to him/her for viewing - your GP will receive information from the consultant at a later date, this also applies to any investigations you might have when attending the A&E department.

Seafaring Medicals

Dr Peter Niemczuk is approved by:

The MCA ( Marine and Coastguard Agency) to undertake UK statutory seafarer medical examinations. The examination takes approximately 30 minutes and you will need to bring with you your previous ENG1 certificate, a Discharge Book No. or Passport or other photo ID. If you wear contact lenses please remove them as soon as possible before the examination. You should not have been subjected to any excessive noise( i.e. work environment using heavy machinery or music concert) for at least 24 hrs before attending for examination.

Fee: £80.00 payable by cheque or cash

Counselling Service

Counselling is a therapy that aims to develop supportive, trusting, non-judgemental and safe environment between you and your counsellor in which you can explore yourself, issues and concerns as deeply as you wish.

The aim of counselling is not for the counsellor to tell you what to do or to give advice but to help you come to your own understanding about yourself and your life, in order that you can then make your own decisions and choices.

The surgery offers you the opportunity to have weekly, fifty minute sessions with your counsellor. In your first session you and your counsellor will discuss your needs. Usually up to eight sessions can be offered.

We operate a waiting list - if you would like your name put onto the list please contact reception.

Non-Scalpel Vasectomy Service

Vasectomy is a permanent method of male sterilisation. It is acheived by an operation to interupt the tubes, which carry the sperm. It is suitable for men that are entirely sure that future fertility is not required.

The operation is performed under local anaesthetic and most men are able to return to work within a couple of days. The exception might be those men with strenuous or manual jobs who should allow longer. Strenuous sports should be avoided for about a month. Too much activity too early increases the chances of complications occurring.